Magnetic necktie holder



April 8, 1952 R, E, CUMMlNGS 2,592,395

MAGNETIC NECKTIE HOLDER Filed April 13 1950 Patented Apr. 8, 1952 MAGNETIC NECKTIE HOLDER Robert E. Cummings, Cranston, R. I., assignor to The Hadley Company, Incorporated, Providence, R. I., a corporation of Rhode lIsland Application April 13, 1950, Serial No.155,691

3 Claims.

This invention relates to a new and improved necktie holder.

` The principal object of the invention is to provide a necktie holder which will securely engage and maintain the free portions of a tie in proper relation on a garment, while completely eliminating the mechanical means heretofore required in the prior art for this purpose, as for example means penetrating the fabric of the tie, means completely embracing the front of the tie, means extending about opposite edges of the tie and overlying the front of the tie adjacent said edges and means interconnecting a front and back member for urging the front member against the back member to grip the tie therebetween.

Other objects of the invention are to provide a tie holder of the character described which is simple to operate and facilitates application to the tie, which can accommodate ties of varying widths without the necessity of adjustment, which does away with all danger of distorting or damaging the tie and which is simple and compact in structure, pleasing and ornamental in appearance and economical to manufacture.

In one aspect the invention involves a tie holder comprising a back element for attachment to a shirt behind the tie and a front element for application to the front of the tie, and a connector interconnecting said elements and extending about one edge of the tie, said elements having bar magnets on their opposing faces whereby said elements are drawn together to hold the tie therebetween.

In another aspect the connector interconnects one end of one element with one end of the other element, the opposing ends of the bar magnets having opposite polarity when the front element is applied to the tie with the connected ends lof said elements extending in the same direction.

The connector is preferably exible and extends about one edge of the tie.

In a more specific aspect the back element has means for attachment to a shirt. the front and back elements each having a housing mounted on their opposing faces for accommodating a bar magnet, the opposing faces of the housings being open to expose one face o1' the bar magnets.

For the purpose of illustration a typical embodiment of the invention is shown in the accompanying drawings in which Fig. 1 is a front view of the tie holder with its parts assembled in operative relation and showing the manner in which it is associated with a tie and shirt;

Fis. 2 is a view o! the embodiment oi Fig. 1

with the parts disassembled and showing the rear element in front elevation and the front element in rear elevation;

Fig. 3 is a bottom plan view of the embodiment of Fig. 1; and

Fig. 4 is an enlarged vertical secti-on along the lines 4-4 of Fig. 3.

Referring to the drawings the numeral I designates in general a front element comprising an ornamental plate 2 of sheet metal or the like here shown, by way o-f example, as in the shape of a football. Fast along its bottom wall 3 to the inner face 4 of the plate is a housing having side walls E and end walls Ii and accommodating a bar magnet 'I therewithin, the exposed face of the bar magnet being flush with the free edges of the side and end walls. The ends of the bar magnet adjacent the exposed face are provided with a slight bevel engaged by the inturned edges of the end walls 6 to retain the bar magnet within the housing. When viewed as in Fig. 2, the north pole of the bar magnet 1 is at the end 8 and the south pole at end 9.

The back element designated in general by the numeral III comprises an elongate strip of sheet metal constituting a front jaw I I bent back upon itself at I2 to dene a rear jaw I3 thereby to form a resilient clasp, the jaw I3 adjacent its free end being bent in the opposite direction to provide a lip I4. Fast along its bottom wall I5 to the inner yface IB of the front jaw I I is a housing having side walls I'I and end walls I8 and accommodating a bar magnet I9 therewithin, the exposed face of the bar magnet I9 being flush with the free edges of the side and end walls and the bar magnet being retained within the. housing in the same manner as above described in connection with the bar magnet 1. When viewed as in Fig. 2, the north pole of the bar magnet I9 is at the end 20 and the south pole at the end 2I.

The plate 2 is provided at one end with an ear 23 defining an opening 24 through which is inserted and secured one end of a connector 25 here shown, by way of example, as a chain. The other end of the chain is inserted and secured through an opening 26 provided adjacent one end of the front jaw I I of the back element thereby to interconnect the front and back element for an object hereinafter described in connection with the use of the invention.

In use. the back element is attached to the shirt S behind the free portions of the tie T by inserting the hem of the shirt between the free end of the front jaw I I and the lip I4 of the rear jaw I3 until it reaches the Iposition shown in Figs. 1 and 3 at which time it is firmly clasped and maintained in position between said jaws. The front element which, in the meantime, has been permitted to hang loosely from the end of the chain 25 is now picked up and applied over the front of the free portions of the tie as shown in Figs. 1 and 3 and with its connected end extending in the same direction as the connected end of the back element thereby to bring the bar magnets into opposing operative relation with their opposing ends being of opposite polarity. The bar magnets 1 4and I9 are now attracted to each other through the fabric of the tie whereby the front and rear elements aredrawn together securely to hold the tie therebetween.

Since the rear element and its bar magnet l must always be attached to the shirt in the same position, the connector 25 provides a guide means for insuring that the front element and its bar magnet 1 are always correctly positioned relative to the bar magnet I9 so that the opposing ends of the bar magnets will be of opposite polarity thereby to make certain that the front and rear elements will be drawn together' and properly positioned. It is apparent that if the front element and its bar magnet l were inadvertently turned around end to end in applying the same to the :front of the tie so lthat opposing ends of the bar magnets 'I and lil were of the same polarity the magnets would repel each other preventing the elements from holding the tie therebetween. Thus, without the connector E5 the user would be compelled to resort to an exasperating trial and error method of applying the front element to the tie untilvthe effective opposing relationship of the bar magnets l and i9 was achieved. The connector 25 further serves they incidental purpose of a guard to prevent the accidental or inadvertent separation of Vthe front and rear elements with a possible resultant loss of one of said elements. y

When it is desired to release the tie vfrom the holder the user need only pull the front element away from the tie in a direction lopposite from the attraction of the bar magnets thereby to separate the front element from its position in iront of the tie.

It should be understood that the present disclosure is for the purpose of illustration only and that this invention includes all modifications and equivalents which fall within the scope of the apr pended claims. y y

y1. A tie holder comprising aback element havlngv means for attaching the element lto va shirt behind the tie and a front element for applica tion to the front of the tie, salid elements having bar magnets on theiropposing faces whereby said 4 elements are drawn together to hold the tie therebetween, and a exible connector interconnecting` one end of one element with one end of the other element and extending about one edge of the tie, the other ends of the elements being free from connection so that the tie can be slipped between the elements at their said other ends, andthe opposing ends of the bar magnets having opposite polarity when the front element is applied to the 'v tie with the connected ends of said elementsextending in the same direction, whereby the iront element can be applied to the front of the tie in only one position.

2. A tie holder comprising a back element having means for attaching the element to a shirt behind the tie and a front element for application to the front of the tie, said elements having bar magnets on their opposing faces whereby said elements are drawn together to hold the tie therebetween, and a chain interconnecting one end of one element with one end of the other element and extending about one edge of the tie, the other ends Vof the elements being free from connection so that the tie can be slipped between the elements at their said other ends, and the opposing ends of the bar magnets having opposite polarity when the front element .is applied to the tie with the connected ends of saidelements extending in the saine direction, whereby the front element can be applied to the front of the tie in only one position.

3. A neclitie fastener, 'comprising a securing member adapted for removable attach'nient'tov a.- garment, a separate ornamental member, iiexible, linkage means connecting said members, a per? marient magnet on one of said members, and a magnetically permeable element on the other. member for holding them in gripping engagement with an interposed necktie ap. Y

ROBERT E. CUMMINGS.

REFERENCES CITED 2,500,114 Bowder Mar. "l, 1950 

